- Date
- October 12, 1969
- Place
- Issaquah, WA · ISSAQUAH, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2137HErco 415-D
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160608
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3598 69/10/12 ISSAQUAH,WASH ERCO 415-D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1530 TIME - 0130 N2137H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEATTLE SKYPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELTON,WASH BELLEVUE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT HEARD CIRCLING IN LOCAL AREA FOR 1 HR,30 MIN BEFORE IMPACT. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.33 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2137H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Seattle Skyport
N2137HRegistration cancelled Jan 20, 1976 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-DAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-DEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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